Laboratory Technician (Molecular) - San Diego, CA

Laboratory Technician (Molecular), San Diego, CA

Kelly Scientific has a great opening for a Laboratory Techincian in the Clinical Molecular Field in San Diego, CA.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Adherence to all Laboratory procedures and protocols for specimen collection, handling and processing, patient preparation, labeling, handling, preservation or fixation, transportation and storage of specimens, preparation and storage of reagents, loading of specimen tubes into racks and initiating the starting of the testing instrument. 
• Perfrom DNA/RNA Extraction from FFPE and Blood Samples 
• Quantification of DNA/RNA analytes 
• Perform Illumina LIbrary Preparation and loading of samples onto Illumina Sequencers 
• May assist in maintaining patient records and patient test results with strict adherence to our Quality Assurance standards.
• Laboratory Technician must be under direct and constant supervision of licensed personnel in all testing areas (pre-analytical, analytical, post-analytical).
• Primary responsibilities include assisting CLS's with a variety of functions associated with technical procedures.
• Basic clinical functions may include specimen processing, specimen storage and retrieval, preparing patient worksheets, pipetting from set volume and/or automated pipetted dispensers, downloading computer files for CLS analysis, and the operation of robotic systems used for aliquoting and dispensing of reagents and specimens.
• Preparation of reagents according to approved SOPs, if assigned. Safely discard expired reagents and hazardous waste according to approved SOPs.
• Assist with preventive maintenance in assigned area.
• Assist in testing troubleshooting for an assigned area.
• Assist with maintaining inventory supply levels.

Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma required.  Bachelor of Science Degree (BS) in related science field preferred.
• Minimum 2 years clinical laboratory experience preferred.
• Knowledge of CLIA, New York and California regulatory requirements preferred.

APPLY TODAY! Questions?  Email Kevin at kevin.lau@kellyscientifc.com 

Why Kelly®?

With Kelly, you’ll have access to some of the world’s highest regarded scientific organizations—providing you with opportunities to work on today’s most challenging, research-intensive, and relevant projects. Our connections can lead you to innovative scientific pursuits you’ll be proud to help advance. We work with 90 of the Fortune 100 companies and found opportunities for more than 10,000 scientific professionals last year.

You pursued a career in science to fuel your quest for knowledge and your desire to make the world a better place. Let Kelly fuel your career—connect with us today.

About Kelly®

At Kelly, we’re always thinking about what’s next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we’re a leading advocate for temporary/nontraditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live. Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best, and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels, and industries around the world.

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